{"id":4462,"date":"2026-03-07T19:15:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4462"},"modified":"2026-03-07T19:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:16:00","slug":"stephens-powers-sox-to-2-0-series-lead-over-orioles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4462","title":{"rendered":"Stephens Powers Sox to 2-0 Series Lead Over Orioles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Frank Robinson gave the 1969 Baltimore Orioles early hope, but Gene Stephens powered the White Sox to a 6-3 win, putting the Orioles one game away from elimination in the Best of the 1960s Tournament. Don Buford led off with a double off Juan Pizarro in the 1st inning, and Robinson followed two batters later with a 2-run home run. In the 3rd inning, facing Tom Phoebus, Moose Skowron singled with 2 outs, and Stephens followed with a 3-run homer, his 1st of the Tournament. In the 7th, a Boog Powell error eventually led to two more runs for the Sox, capped by an RBI single by Stephens. After Paul Blair hit a solo shot in the bottom of the 8th, Stephens added a sacrifice fly in the top of the 9th to give Chicago a 6-3 lead. Hoyt Wilhelm picked up his 3rd save with a scoreless 9th. After dropping two home games in Baltimore, the Orioles have a rough road, needing to win 3 straight, including two in Chicago. Pizarro is now 3-1 with a 3.06 ERA in the Tournament. Stephens finished 2 for 4 with 5 RBI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Frank Robinson gave the 1969 Baltimore Orioles early hope, but Gene Stephens powered the White Sox to a 6-3 win, putting the Orioles one game away from elimination in the Best of the 1960s Tournament. Don Buford led off with a double off Juan Pizarro in the 1st inning, and Robinson followed two batters later […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botd-60s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4462"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4464,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4462\/revisions\/4464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}